Being the amazing, true-to-life adventures and (very likely) misadventures of a writer who seeks to take his education, activism and seemingly boundless energy to North Minneapolis, (NoMi) to help with a process of turning a rapidly revitalizing neighborhood into something approaching Urban Utopia. I am here to be near my child. From 02/08 to 06/15 this blog pushed free speech to the envelope, so others could take heart and speak unafraid. Email me at hoffjohnw@gmail.com

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Sometimes North Minneapolis Residents Just Want To Go Home. The Problem Is When Other North Minneapolis Residents Decide To Shoot Each Other Up. One Must Navigate The Many Different Crime Scenes, To Simply Go Home. Shooting Last Night Outside Of 1623 26Th Ave North, A Few Feet From The Jordan Peace Garden...

Photos taken by Jordan North

Blog POST by Jordan North…

Very often I drive by the blight of the home at 1623 26th Ave N, filled to the brim with people and pit bulls. I'm usually driving at a fast clip because I'm not interested in purchasing anything. The home is apparently owned by Home Rentals of Excelsior.

Last night the entire area was lit up with so many police and emergency vehicle lights; it reminded me of time in my childhood. We would get in the car and drive by the big houses, all lit up at Christmas time and ooh and aaah. Sadly this is the Jordan equivalent.

HOWEVER, do not bring your children!

You won’t find any real coverage of the incident due to that fact that the victim was only allegedly shot a couple of times in the...

...stomach. He is also allegedly refusing to cooperate. At the same time there were approximately ten police vehicles blocking off half of Broadway with miscellaneous guns and people on the ground.

Perhaps his cooperation isn't necessary.

The good news is that shortly before the rounds of gunfire erupted like a Fourth Of July celebration, I was reading how the City of Minneapolis and the Mayor have a NEW and improved plan to deal with gun violence in North Minneapolis. I’m thrilled that someone is trying to do something! I just have one question. When does this start? http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/259521141.html

17 comments:

Johnny Northside, owner of this blog, continues to be excited and amazed by the contributions of guest author Jordan North.

Readers may note the word POST is in all caps. It may be I was a wee bit overbearing and didactic while explaining the difference to Jordan North about the difference between a "blog" and a "blog post."

The MN Secretary of State business finder lists the address of Home Rentals in Excelsior as 6931 Country Oaks Rd. A separate website, Bizpedia (which I am not familiar with but seems accurate when data is cross-referenced) lists thirteen LLC's as associated with that address. The chief officer of most of those LLC's is a person by the name of Alexander Gorshteyn.

JOHNNYNORFSIDE SAYS: You better not be taking PICTURES of the PIGS in Minneapolis! Y'ALL jest might get yer ass handed to ya JOHNNY BOY! cause they don't go for that kind of s%#t! And if anything ends up on YOU TUBE? They will HUNT YA DOWN! Who loves ya baby! JOHNNYNORFSIDE DO xoxoxo

I'm not sure what a bog is, nor am I a blogger. I've never claimed to be a revitalizer. I'm simply a person who bought a foreclosed dump, in Jordan and turned it into one the nicest homes on the block, by myself.

I also do whatever I can, to help others in the area. I'm simply writing about things that directly affect my family, living in Jordan North.

"Police are looking for the suspect of a shooting in North Minneapolis Friday night.

It happened on the 1600 block of 26th Ave. N around 7:30 p.m., according to police. The victim was hit in the stomach while sitting in a vehicle. They suffered a non-life threatening injury, police reported.

Police said the suspect took off from the scene by the time they arrived, and the victim is not cooperating."http://kstp.com/article/stories/S3439195.shtml?cat=1

FYI there is a website where you can paste a photo and it uses the hashtag to find the original (or uses) of the photo.This photo is not of "Jordan North", and is a fake profile.For all we know it's still John Hoff and another one of his fake profiles.